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RE: Gravid Capra Laying Now!

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Posted by: EMWhite at Tue Oct 31 23:48:02 2006  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by EMWhite ]  
   

Ryan,
Hmmmm, that has to be the issue I disagree with jobi about the most. It has been my experience that these lizards will not thrive, even live, without being wormed. Now, if you are unpersuaded, I ask you; what about other animals that have commonly accepted high mortality rates due to parasites. These could be, hingeback tortoises, and almost all Asian chelonians. I refuse, point blank, to believe that the parasite issue is one of the industry's biggest conspiracies. I don't find it possible. How jobi manages to keep his lizards alive is a mystery to me. I hardly find it possible really. However, they are your lizards and it is no one's place to boss you around and pressure you into doing something you don't want to do. Believe you me, I too have a hectic weekly agenda, with only one day of the weekend free. Plus the closest reptile vet to me is 45 min-one hour away in Berkeley. So I understand where you're coming from there. But, I can't stress enough to you that I have seen one example where the animal thrived for months and then suddenly just died! But, as jobi would say, that is only my experience with these animals, and may not be shared by everyone.

Regards, Evan


   

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